Hyderabad, Nov 22 : Five times winners Indian Oil entered the final of the ‘Gooncha 57 the Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament’ held at the SCR Sports Complex, Secunderabad by beating Indian Navy 6-4 in the first semi-final from Pool ‘A’, here Today.
The semi-final was held between the winner from Pool ‘A’ Indian Oil and the runner-up from Pool ‘B’ Indian Navy.
The tournament favourite Indian Oil beat spirited Indian Navy during regulation time and moved into finals to be played against Indian Railways tomorrow.
Indian Oil led by 4-2 after the shoot out and won the match against Indian Navy by 6-4. Goal Keeper of Indian Oil Pankaj Rajak, was declared the Man of the match.
The star studded India Oil with two Olympians and four World cup players in its ranks, has an enviable legacy in this Tournament, they won the cup 5 times, never been a runner up, they won every time they made it to finals.
This is their 6th entry into the finals and an exciting finish to the tournament is on the cards.
However, in the semi-final match between Pool ‘B’ winner Indian Railways and Pool ‘A’ runner-up Punjab National Bank, at the Tournament, Indian Railways overwhelmed PNB by 4-0 and set up an exciting final with Indian Oil, tomorrow.
The match seemed one-sided right from the word go, with Indian Railways persistently attacking the defence of PNB.
PNB seemed hapless today against the sustained assault of Indian Railways.
Ajay Yadav sealed the game with a field goal in favour of Indian Railways with 4-0 score.
Pardeep Singh of Indian Railways was named the Man of the match, for his two brilliant goals.
Results (first semi-finals): Indian Oil – 6 (Manpreet Singh – 42 nd minute – field goal; Talwinder Singh – 48th minute – field goal; Shootout – Manpreet Singh, Talwinder Singh, Raheel Mohd. & Sumit Kumar) beat Indian Navy – 4 (Jugraj Singh – 12 th minute – field goal; Kuldeep – 20th minute– field goal; Shootout – Rajbhar Pawan & Nitesh).
Results: Indian Railways – 4 (Pardeep Singh – 15 th minute – field goal; Ajmer Singh – 28 th minute – field goal; Pardeep Singh – 51 st minute – field goal & Ajay Yadav – 53 rd minute – field goal) beat PNB – 0.(UNI)